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Post by ballbag on May 9, 2016 10:32:53 GMT -5
Hello and thanks for the add to this forum. I currently own a 2015 KZ Vision for under a year and have mixed feeling on the quality of the trailer but will get to that later. The project I'm working on now is installing a 2 meter radio pulling DC power from behind the microwave but cant figure out which wire is DC. Can anyone help me out before I have to start picking away at them. ThankS  |
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Post by lynnmor on May 9, 2016 10:56:37 GMT -5
The white and dark colored one should be what you want. Cut the dark one and see what just quit working.
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Post by ballbag on May 9, 2016 11:35:29 GMT -5
Had trouble posting pics, there are 3 wires, one is round and gray. Second one is double bonded both white wires. The next is a triple bonded wire with a purple, blue and white wire.
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Post by lynnmor on May 9, 2016 15:08:28 GMT -5
I didn't see that you had a three wire, it looked to me like it was just two. I suspect that none of the wires are what you want.
Most wiring is run in the ceiling, perhaps you can pull down a lamp or vent and find what you need.
If possible, pull wires all the way from the fuse panel to where you need power. Might be easy or impossible.
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Post by k0vwa on May 24, 2016 11:43:59 GMT -5
If it's just an HT the lamp wiring should be sufficient. If you're running a 50-75W mobile 2M rig you might consider a direct battery connection with 12-14 AWG wire.
We added a 12VDC cigarette lighter plug for our 2M mobile rig when we added solar power. Just bought an FT-857D so we're adding Powerpoles to the output of the solar charge controller so we can run it from inside the camper. Once we do that I'll convert the cigarette lighter plug on the 2M mobile rig to Powerpole too. Powerpole connectors are relatively inexpensive compared to other ham gear so you might want to go that way.
If you're going to be operating in a place where you will likely have 120VAC consider an AC/DC power supply. You can make one for free or nearly free from a PC power supply or buy something like the SPS-30DM from PowerWerx commercially. At home I run 2 HT, my FT-8800R and (soon) the FT-857d from it.
Good luck and 73,
Carl - K0VWA
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